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Author Tammy Zinsmeister

Ms. Zinsmeister has dedicated two decades of her life to COLA’s mission serving in a variety of roles both as a staff member and external advisor. While working for the American Society for Internal Medicine in the early 90’s, Ms. Zinsmeister became an expert in the federal CLIA law and regulations. In 1993, she joined COLA to launch the first Government Relations Office. For nearly eight years, she guided COLA’s deeming efforts at the national and state levels.
Between 2001 and 2012, Ms. Zinsmeister was the Chief Operating Officer of an international consulting company focused on advising executives, leaders and change agents involved in organizational changing processes. During this time, she co-authored the book Transformational Leadership: Creating Organizations of Meaning. In 2013, she co-founded a highly innovative Dutch-American education institute – Conscio | Leading by Learning -- for professionals pursuing virtuosity and a learning point of view of leadership, quality and change.
Ms. Zinsmeister combines her multi-disciplinary background to create inspiring, relevant and meaningful educational experiences for life-long learners. Encouraged by the recent work of the Institute of Medicine on Healthcare as a Learning System and seeing the opportunity for COLA to be a part of this new paradigm, Ms. Zinsmeister is delighted to serve as Chief Innovation Officer. She and her team will be working to innovate COLA’s value proposition related to our educational, consulting and accrediting services. Ms. Zinsmeister received her Bachelors of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in economics and political science in 1986 from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is also Certified as a Professional in Managed Care by the American Academy of Healthcare Management.

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